Vixykins: artist pencils

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

A Water Challenge & A Mermaid!

I'm catching up *again* lol! Actually I think I've pretty much caught up and tonight I'm going to do absolutely nothing but put my feet up and cabbage in front of the telly!

I have a couple to show ya here and I'll start with the new soon to be released stamp by Jasmine Becket-Griffith at Crafts & Me and this one is Pearl Swirl Mermaid.
I took a break from the norm with this one and coloured nearly all with PENCIL! Now dont die of shock lol! I've been playing with them and the only way to get better is to use them and practice eh! I put down some ivory and blush promarkers on the skin but the highlights and the rest is pencils. I've used some sakura stardust pens to add sparkle too, she's mounted on starburst stains, the white paper lace is iridescent and if you look closely I wrapped a load of turquoise blending filaments on the base of the card. The pearls I put in with sakura souffle :)

Hope you love her as much as I do! Would like to enter her into...

ABC Challenge - N for Nesties

Fab N Funky - Chocolate & Blue

Sketchy Colors - Blue, Brown & White (2nd entry)

Pile it on - Punch it

The rubber cafe - Glitter & Shine

Some odd girl - Scallops

Next up its a water challenge at Crafty Cardmakers, you must use water (a product you add water to or containing water i.e H2o's, starburst stains, cosmic shimmers, water colour pencils etc) For this one I had a play with Jasmine's Pink Lightning and gave her a more grunge look with heavy eye make up. The wings are coloured with sakura stardust so is the dress. The background is starburst stains overstamped with the hero arts flourish stamped with acryllic paint and the black bubbles across the centre are stamped with brilliance. Image was coloured with a mix of promarkers and pencil.

Hope you can come join our watery challenge!

Tilted in the light :)

Would like to enter this into...

Crafty Ho's - No DP

Gingerloft - Things that fly

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Red and a Die cut at Crafty Cardmakers

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We're open again at Crafty Cardmakers after our Christmas break and Sarah is kicking us off with a challenge to use Red and a Die Cut. Yes a red die cut also counts! The challenge is for 2 weeks so plenty of time to get your thinking cap on.

We are sponsored by One Stop Card Crafts who are offering the winner a £10 voucher to use in their online store!

At One Stop Card Crafts we have a big range of ever changing discount making and card making craft supplies.

We are always adding to our range of craft supplies which are ideal for making handmade greeting cards, do-it-yourself invitations scrapbook pages, altered items and much more.
Our card making craft supplies include free UK postage, our popular discount scheme and quick service means our customers keep coming back for more.
Our prices are very competitive and this & makes us an ideal place to buy your card making supplies online. Some of our new products include Petaloo flower layers, Ranger Glitter Glue and Martha Stewart Punches.

For this one I've used a new Hannah Lynn stamp called Heart on her Sleeve but its not released yet but she's coming soon! I've coloured her with promarkers and I've also been playing with artist pencils too to add depth after hearing it was supposed to be pretty good! This is my first attempt using just a black and blending it in with oil and I'm getting a little better at it as I have a few more colours now ;)

The papers are by Brenda Pinnick and Bearly Mine Designs and the gorgeous organza ribbon printed with hearts is from fleabay. The die cut I used is a borrowed one from Mrs Stampman and is a Tim Holtz Bigz elegant flourish. I've also used a new toy Teresa sent me for xmas which is the martha Stewart 3 in 1 butterfly punch.